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Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Triathlon Training (Week of 08/04/13)

It's been a busy week and I'm late posting my training plan. I had my first race of the season last weekend in Portlaoise. It went well and was good to blow the rust off my legs. I'm back to training with a bang now in preparation for Valentia on the 11th May. After this weeks training I'm hoping to do 2 weeks strength and distance work followed by 2 weeks focused on more speed and technique. Here is what i'm doing this week.

4 comments:

Hey Eoin this is great. im only new to swimming and if u think back on your first triathlon how many times a week were u swimming? im doing lots of sprints and recovery style training to build up fitness plus legs only/arms only stuff..can u recommend things for beginner?

Thank you. I did my first Tri in 2011 so it's not that long ago! I started from a pretty low base. I learned how to swim in 2010 and 2011 swimming once or twice a week. I got some basic technique lessons and read and looked at some you tube stuff, swim smooth is a good site. I'd say I was swimming 3 times a week coming up to my first Triathlon, I didn't know much about swimming so all I really did was increase my distance / fitness, trying to build to a stage where I could swim 20, 40, 60 up to 80 lengths without stopping. It's different now. Let me know what stage your at and I'll try give you some tips. Are you swimming with your face in the water? Can you breathe on both sides? How many lengths (25m) can you swim without stopping?

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About Me

Irish Winters' will try to break you, but don't give up, seemingly endless wind, rain, sleet and more dirty weather are no match for the motivation of an Irish athlete! when April comes you better be ready, Race season begins.
My name is Eoghan and my goal for 2013 is to break 2.20 for an Olympic distance race. The one I am aiming for is the Dublin City Triathlon on the 25th of August. I have quite some way to go. I'm hoping with good training and staying injury free I can get there.